| Jonathan Fombonne is the Deputy County Attorney & First Assistant County Attorney, where he advises Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee directly and oversees all litigation and enforcement efforts in the Harris County Attorney’s Office, including the Affirmative Litigation, Compliance, Environmental, and Real Estate divisions, and manages issues related to elections and major public law questions. Jon also serves as trial and appellate counsel on a number of the County Attorney’s Office’s most high-profile matters. Prior to his appointment as First Assistant, Jon was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Houston, where he had a diverse civil litigation and trial practice, focusing on securities, bankruptcy, and complex commercial litigation. Jon also maintained a significant pro bono practice, including serving as trial counsel for a class of undocumented teenagers in a high-profile lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security challenging certain detention practices. Jon also practiced law at two other national law firms in Texas and New York. Jonathan started his career with a clerkship for Judge Solomon Oliver, Jr., Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and Swarthmore College. He lives in Houston with his wife, Lauren Stadler, and their three children. |
